Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St Crux's Church
- Stonegate
- New Earswick
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Transport Moves On
- The County Court House
- Gold Finger Ring
- Feeding Roman York
- Roman Head Pot
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Olave
- Lendal Tower
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The York Observatory